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Anthropology

Judi Lynn

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2. Neanderthals May Have Taught Modern Humans How to Make Certain Tools

Reply to theHandpuppet (Original post)

Wed Aug 14, 2013, 12:14 AM

Aug 2013

August 13th, 2013, 20:11 GMT · By Laura Sinpetru
Neanderthals May Have Taught Modern Humans How to Make Certain Tools

Thousands of years ago were the first to manufacture and make use of certain types of tools that were both standardized and specialized.

Furthermore, specialists argue that, all things considered, it is likely that Neanderthals were the ones who taught modern humans how to make and use these tools.

Writing in yesterday's issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers detail the discovery of several 51,000-year-old specialized deer bone tools known as lissoirs or smoothers.

The tools were discovered in southwest France, and served to make leather softer and more water-resistant.

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In Europe, Neanderthals Beat Homo Sapiens to Specialized Tools [View all] theHandpuppet Aug 2013 OP

More on this interesting find: Neanderthals made leather-working tools like those in use today Judi Lynn Aug 2013 #1

Neanderthals May Have Taught Modern Humans How to Make Certain Tools Judi Lynn Aug 2013 #2

The Neaderthal story is ever-evolving theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #3